Archive for the 'dining' Category
Opportunity Urbanism op-ed in the Chronicle
Closed Published by Tory Gattis June 10th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesMost of you probably caught my Opportunity Urbanism op-ed on the front of the Houston Chronicle Sunday Outlook section today, but even though it’s too long for a typical blog entry, I’d like to put a copy here for comments and permanent archival (Chron…
Does land-use planning/zoning inhibit a great restaurant scene?
Closed Published by Tory Gattis April 29th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesOne of my posts last week inspired quite a debate in the comments on whether land-use planning or zoning has any impact on the restaurant scene in a city - interesting enough I thought the topic deserves its own post. The post noted that Houston was r…
Houston featured nationally, gondola transit, rankings, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesBefore I get to some smaller misc items, I wanted to mention Joel Kotkin’s new book, “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050″. Houston features prominently in it, and he actually launched the book at an event here. NPR has a review here (scroll do…
Kotkin on CA vs TX and Hou, BRT, HSR, dining, bikes, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesBefore I get to a collection of smaller misc items for your holiday reading pleasure, a blatant self-promotion unrelated to the normal content of this blog: yours truly was notified last night that I had won the first ever M-prize for management i…